ProfessorMichelle Keske
Professor, Physiology and Metabolism
Faculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
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- Professor, Physiology and MetabolismFaculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
- +61 3 924 68850 (Work)
- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Professor Keske's research focuses on the effect of interventions
(exercise, nutrition and pharmaceutical) to help prevent insulin resistance,
type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease by regulating microvascular blood
flow within muscle. Her research has shown that microvascular function in
muscle plays an integral role in blood glucose regulation and exercise
capacity. She leads a research group that has the potential to prevent or
reverse vascular defects in people with diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Knowledge Areas
Type 2 diabetes
Insulin resistance
Cardiovascular disease
Skeletal muscle
Microcirculation
(exercise, nutrition and pharmaceutical) to help prevent insulin resistance,
type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease by regulating microvascular blood
flow within muscle. Her research has shown that microvascular function in
muscle plays an integral role in blood glucose regulation and exercise
capacity. She leads a research group that has the potential to prevent or
reverse vascular defects in people with diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Knowledge Areas
Type 2 diabetes
Insulin resistance
Cardiovascular disease
Skeletal muscle
Microcirculation
GRANTS
- GRANTVCCC Skilled Internship with Grampians Health.19 Feb 2024 - 22 Nov 2024People funded by this grant:
- Keske M,
- Parker L,
- Wordie-Thompson EC
- GRANTAntioxidant deficiency screening and personalised antioxidant prescription as an accessible and cost-effective treatment for cardiovascular dysfunction and insulin resistance1 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2025People funded by this grant:
- Parker L,
- Keske M,
- Marwick T,
- Nikolaidis M
- GRANTDoes short-term high-calorie high-fat feeding impair skeletal muscle microvascular blood flow and increase the risk of pre-diabetes in humans?1 Jan 2022 - 30 Jun 2023People funded by this grant:
- Kaur G,
- Keske M,
- Betik A,
- Parker L,
- Brayner BVA
- GRANTOral glucose tolerance test causes acute skeletal muscle microvascular insulin resistance in healthy people: determining the gut-derived factors that underpin microvascular impairments1 Apr 2021 - 31 Mar 2022People funded by this grant:
- Keske M,
- Roberts-Thomson K,
- Parker L
- FELLOWSHIPBroadening access to supervised exercise training for people with heart failure via innovative digital health technologies1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2021People funded by this grant:
- Rawstorn J,
- Maddison R,
- Keske M
- GRANTNovel therapy for improving exercise tolerance and glycaemic regulation in type 2 diabetes associated HFpEF1 Jan 2020 - 31 Mar 2025People funded by this grant:
- Keske M,
- Parker L,
- Maddison R,
- Marwick T